Thank you to everyone who has submitted materials to the Archives to help document the Lawrence community’s response to COVID-19. This is an ongoing project, so keep those submissions coming!
Who can participate? All students, faculty, and staff
Do I have to create the materials myself? No, but the content does need to be Lawrence related
What types of materials can I donate?
It’s National Library Week! Even though your friends from the Mudd Library are not actually in the Mudd Library, we still want to celebrate with you!
Also, don’t forget that while we’re not in the library, we’re still here to help! Ask us!
Building Access: To minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission, the Seeley G. Mudd Library building remains closed until further notice. Although the building is closed, your Library colleagues will continue to support the university community with a range of services to enable and enhance remote teaching and learning.
Access to Information Resources: See http://www.lawrence.edu/library for remote access to electronic resources, including journal articles and other digital resources.
Research Help: Reference Librarians are standing by! Start with the Ask a Librarian page. If the chat service is offline, send your question via email, and we will reply as soon as we are able. Contact Reference Services: reference@lawrence.edu
Library Instruction: Contact the Library Instruction Coordinator for consultation on integrating digital sources into remote courses, to schedule a Library instruction session with remote classes, and to plan library assignments designed for remote learners.
Interlibrary Loan: We will continue to request articles and book chapters that can be fulfilled electronically, but we will not be placing requests for loans of books or other returnable items. Patrons who currently have ILL loans can request a renewal by logging into your ILL account. For more information, contact: lucialib@lawrence.edu
Archives: While the Mudd Library building is closed, the Lawrence Archives will also be closed. If you have any queries, questions, or needs please email the University Archivist at archives@lawrence.edu
Instructional Technology: See http://www.lawrence.edu/faculty/it for service updates, hours, and contact information.
Technology Services Help Desk: Technology Services staff are still hard at work. Service updates, hours, and contact information are available on the website: https://www.lawrence.edu/info/offices/technology_services
This information is current as of 5pm, Monday, March 23, 2020 and is subject to change at any time — but you knew that.
We are living history and the Lawrence University Archives needs your help!
The Lawrence University Archives is collecting student, faculty, and staff responses to the ever-changing situation presented by COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
We ask that you share any content you have created or collected as a response to the changes made at Lawrence University, including, but not limited to documents, policies, art, photos, journal-entries, and correspondence.
You may have heard the news that the Center for Academic Success will be moving to the second floor of the Mudd Library. We’re so excited this is happening! Before they can make the move, however, the second floor is going to be renovated!
Here’s a timeline of what’s happening and when:
Please be sure to let us know if there is any way we can help while the construction is underway. Here are a few helpful tips:
We’re so excited to welcome our friends in the Center for Academic Success to the Mudd Library! When the renovation is complete, they’ll be joining our other second floor buddies, Technology Services.
The Library and Technology Services will close at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, December 24 and will remain closed until Thursday, January 2.
Be sure to stop in early for all your library and technology needs!
See the library calendar for building hours through the duration of winter break.
This year the Seeley G. Mudd Library celebrates Lawrence University’s 150th year with the Federal Library Depository Program! Our affiliation with FDLP is by far the longest among all universities and colleges in Wisconsin. Our collections of Congressional records and government documents include historical treasures unique among all FDLP libraries in the state.
Tuesday, November 5 at 3 p.m. outside the Lincoln Reading Room on the first floor of the Mudd Library.
Festivities will include:
Cake and coffee will be served!
We’re pleased to announce that Library OneSearch (http://go.lawrence.edu/onesearch/) will have a new look as the school year begins! The new look will go live Sunday, September 15.
OneSearch’s current interface is four years old this fall (that’s about 100 in internet years) and, based on user research, Ex Libris (our system vendor) has made some refinements to the product that will improve your library research experience.
Functionality remains much the same: you’ll still be able to search the Library’s catalog PLUS hundreds of thousands of articles, images, etc. at the same time, link to full-text when it’s available, see what you have checked out, renew your Library materials, and much, much more. It just looks a little different.
The official debut isn’t till Sunday, but you can have a sneak peek right now! Go to: https:/lawrence-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?sortby=rank&vid=NUI_01LAW_INST&lang=en_US.
Be sure to sign in and check out My Favorites (pushpin icon) and My Library Card (Menu > card icon). All your saved records and searches have migrated from old E-Shelf & Queries to My Favorites. All your loans, requests, etc. have migrated from old My Account to My Library Card. (You’ll note that the old folders metaphor from e-Shelf has been dropped in favor of “labels.” But no worries: labels work the same way folders did.)
As always, let us know if you have questions about OneSearch (or other library-related things): http://www.lawrence.edu/library/departments/reference/ask We’re here to help.
And happy researching!
We’re pleased to announce that Library OneSearch (http://go.lawrence.edu/onesearch/) will have a new look as the school year begins!
OneSearch’s current interface is four years old this fall (that’s about 100 in internet years) and, based on user research, Ex Libris (our system vendor) has made some refinements to the product that will improve your library research experience.
Functionality remains much the same: you’ll still be able to search the Library’s catalog PLUS hundreds of thousands of articles, images, etc. at the same time, link to full-text when it’s available, see what you have checked out, renew your Library materials, and much, much more. It just looks different.
For a sneak preview, go to https://lawrence-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?sortby=rank&vid=NUI_01LAW_INST&lang=en_US. (Please don’t mind a stray paint can or drop cloth if you see one. We’re still putting on the finishing touches to go live on September 15.) Do feel free to sign in to My Account, now My Library Card. It’s fully functional and will contain all your saved items and searches.
As always, let us know if you have questions about OneSearch (or other library-related things): http://www.lawrence.edu/library/departments/reference/ask We’re here to help!
And happy researching!
We’re delighted to report that Lina Rosenberg Foley ’15 has accepted our invitation to become the next University Archivist!
As you may know, Lina graduated from Lawrence University (an outstanding liberal arts college and conservatory in Appleton, Wisconsin) with a degree in Environmental Studies. Lina went on to Simmons College where, in 2018, she received a Masters in Library and Information Science with a focus on Archives Management. Since then she’s worked at the Lexington Historical Society and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
She’ll start on Monday, September 9 (the day Welcome Week starts). That’ll make it extra exciting.
Thanks to the search committee for their excellent work and thank you all (in advance) for helping to welcome Lina back to Lawrence.
Love, Your Friends in the Mudd Library
